22/07/2021 - 09:22
Plans for new unitary councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset have taken an important step forward following the Communities Secretary’s approval.
22/07/2021 - 09:16
MPs have said that a lack of clarity over ‘levelling up’ risks relegating the government’s flagship agenda to an ‘everything and nothing policy’.
22/07/2021 - 07:07
Keir Starmer has launched Labour’s Safer Communities campaign with a pledge to crack down on anti-social behaviour.
22/07/2021 - 06:53
There is a ‘golden opportunity’ to lead the levelling up agenda and fundamentally ‘rethink’ the role councils play in the wake of the pandemic.
21/07/2021 - 15:17
The Social Mobility Commission has called for a shake-up of child welfare benefits and significant investment in education.
21/07/2021 - 14:29
Oxford City Council’s cabinet will be asked to approve the commissioning of an electric vehicle strategy for the city.
21/07/2021 - 11:25
A planned Clean Air Zone to cut harmful traffic emissions and improve air quality in Newcastle could be put in place next summer.
21/07/2021 - 09:59
The creation of a new Community Forest to bring people closer to nature in the North East has been announced.
21/07/2021 - 09:51
A new strategy on how Birmingham City Council will secure the right to host major sporting events in the next decade has been published.
21/07/2021 - 09:31
MPs have called for more government funding for a scheme to quickly house long-term homeless people in England.
21/07/2021 - 09:16
England's chief medical officer has said that a new national strategy is needed to tackle poor health and lower life expectancy in seaside towns.
20/07/2021 - 15:15
Beautiful, environmentally sustainable communities are at the centre of widespread planning changes announced by Robert Jenrick.
20/07/2021 - 10:15
Councils are conducting ‘mass profiling’ and ‘citizen scoring’ of welfare and social care recipients to predict fraud and rent non-payments.
20/07/2021 - 08:41
The government has been urged to turn the challenges of the pandemic into an opportunity to Britain’s high streets, communities and commercial centres.
20/07/2021 - 08:24
Adult social care leaders have come together to offer a collective vision of what should be in a workforce strategy for the growing sector.
